Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-19
A CONTUMACIOUS PRIEST
TRAVELS IN TRIUMPH FROM COUNTY
CORK TO DUBLIN.

His Refusal to Obey Summons Results
in His Arrest, aud He's a"Biger" Man
Than Old Salisbury Now-Archbishop
Croke Commends Him-His Reception
in Dublin-RussIan Brutality.
DUBLIN. March I9.-Father Keller, of
Youghal, County Cork, Yves arrested Friday.
He had twice declined to receive summonses
ordering him to appear in court and answer
questions respecting his alleged custody as
trustee, under the plan of campaign, Of
moneys belonging to the tenants on the Pom
sonby estates.
The arrest of Father Keller has created
great excitement throughout the southern
part of Ireland Father Keller was imme-
diately after his arrest hurried to the rail-
way station and started for Dublin. The
news of his arrest travelled like wildfire and
at the various stations en- route the people
| turned out in large numbers to express their
sympathy with the prisoner, who was
| greeted with deafening cheers at every stop.
ping place.
At Thurles the train was met by Arch
| bishop Croke and twelve priests and appar-
| emily also by every other person in the town
possessed of good legs. The archbishop, adj
dressing Father Keller. assured him of his
sympathy and expressed his approval of the
course he had taken. He warned the Tory
government that its attempts to crush the
priesthood would fail.
An immense crowd Of persons of all classes
awaited the arrival of the train in this city,
and when Father Keller appeared he was
| GRO taI uith ohaarfpo Eathars
Keller was not conveyed to the Jail, but en-
| tered the carriage of the lord mayor which
awaited him, and was driven to the Imperial
hotel, passing through the principal streets
and escorted by thousands Of people. Several
bands Of music accompanied the procession,
which displayed banners, flags, etc. in pro-
| fusion
! Arriving at the hotel Lord Mayor Sulli-
| van delivered a stirring address to the
crowd, in the course Of which he asserted
that there were thousands of priests ready to
follow Father Keller to jail
William O'brien followed the lord mayor
with a violent speech, in which he said the
| Orange brutes, the shameless partisans, like
Judge Boyd, who acted for the government
and the bloody Balfour, had great victories
to boast of-the arrest Of poor f'herman
and the taking into custody of priest who
| would not become an informsr Balfour
o. Brien said, was like simpering school
girl and his progr ANNE that of an assassin,
which, however, would not he likely to sue
coed.
LONDON, March lS.-in the house Of com
mons Friday evening John Dillon earnestly
protested against the arrest of Father Roller
upon the specious charge that he, acting a.
trustee for the tenants of the Ponsonby es
tates, was guilty of conspiracy.
Balfour, chief secretary for Ireland, de
nounced Dillon's language violent and id
fammatory and arragned him for partisan
ship Of the most short sighted character in
accusing the Irish police of misleading the
magistrate upon whose warrant Father kel
Ter was arrested, AMI Of goa ling the people
to resistance Of the law. The National league
agltatOrs, he said were really responsible toI
the existing disorder ami disre -ari of law
by goadinS the people into rebellion.